The CORE Institute, Inc.

• CORE Physicians
  • Damon Adamany, MD
  • Arash Araghi, DO
  • David A. Ben-Aviv, MD
  • John A. Brown, MD
  • Mark D. Campbell, MD
  • Robert M. Cercek, MD
  • William J. Ciccone II, MD
  • Eric M. Feldman, MD
  • Matthew L. Hansen, MD
  • David J. Jacofsky, MD
  • John A. Kearney Jr., MD
  • Edward W. Lee, MD
  • Rene A. Lucas, MD
  • Andrew J. Marcus, DO
  • Steven L. Myerthall, MD
  • Frank J. Raia, MD
  • Jason J. Scalise, MD
  • Scott W. Siverhus, MD, MS
  • John Thompson, DO
  • Bryan Wall, MD
  • Matthew T. Weichbrodt, DO
• Physician Assistants & Nurse Practitioners
• Physical Therapy Team
• Research Faculty

Area of Specialty

Pain Management
Interventional Spine Medicine

Education and Training

2005-2006 Pain Mangement and Interventional Spine Medicine Fellowship
RIC Kovler Family Resident
Ahwatukee Sports and Spine
Phoenix, Arizona

2002-2005 Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
McGaw Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois

2001-2002 Internal Medicine Internship
Annual Humanitarian Award for Medical Writing
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
Phoenix, Arizona

1997-2001 Doctor of Medicine
Top quarter of Rush Medical College graduating class
Rush Medical College
Chicago, Illinois

1993-1997 B.S. Biology and Near Eastern Studies
Cum Laude, Class Honors
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan

2006 ISIS Phase 3 Cervical Spine Injection Training Course
2005 ISIS Phase 4 Discography Training Course
2005 Electrodiagnosis and Clinical Electrophysiology Review Course
2005 NASS Lumbar Spinal Injections: A Hands-on Course

Professional Memberships

American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Physiatric Association of Spine, Sports and Occupational Rehabilitation(PASSOR)
International Spine Intervention Society
North American Spine Society
American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine

Presentations/Publications

The CORE Institute Big on Bones Community Lecture. The Aging Spine/Spinal Stenosis Treatment, Olive Branch Senior Center, January 2010

The CORE Institute Big on Bones Community Lecture. Understanding Arthritis & Osteoarthritis, Sun City Grand, January 2008.

The CORE Institute Big on Bones Community Lecture. The Aging Spine, Sun Valley Lodge February 2008.

Big on Bones CORE Institute Community Lecture. What’s New at The CORE Institute? Surprise Rotary Club, March 2008.

Big on Bones CORE Institute Community Lecture. The Aging Spine, Buckeye Community Center, July 2008.

Oxcarbazepine in the Management of Defined Neuropathic Pain Conditions: A double blind, randomized, placebo controlled pilot study.
Chief Researcher – Norman Harden

Lower Extremity Amputations: A guide to functional outcomes in physical therapy management. Chapter 3 – Pain Management
Chief Author – Todd Kuiken

Aberrant Bowel and Bladder Dysfunction Following Gunshot Wound to the Spine: A case report and literature review.
43rd ISCoS Annual Scientific Meeting

Challenging Hip Arthroplasty in a Patient with Thalidomide-Induced Phocomelia.
European Congress of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine

Aspiration Pneumonia in a Traumatic Brain Injury Patient Secondary to Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy-Jejunostomy (PEG-J) Tube Migration.
5th World Congress on Brain Injury

Awards & Honors

2004-2005 RIC Kovler Family Resident (Annual award for teamwork and interdisciplinary collaboration)
2002 Annual Humanitarian Award for Medical Writing (St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center)
2001 Top quarter of Rush Medical College graduating class
1997 Cum Laude graduate, University of Michigan
1996 Class Honors, University of Michigan

Biography